EP 0934587 B1 20060531 - READING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION CARRIER
Title (en)
READING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION CARRIER
Title (de)
LESEVERFAHREN UND -VORRICHTUNG FÜR EINEN DREIDIMENSIONALEN INFORMATIONSTRÄGER
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET APPAREIL POUR SUPPORT D'INFORMATIONS TRIDIMENSIONNEL
Publication
Application
Priority
- IL 9800410 W 19980826
- IL 12162097 A 19970826
- US 6429897 P 19971105
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9910881A1] A method and apparatus for reading in a three-dimensional information carrier are presented. The three-dimensional information carrier is formed with a plurality of spaced-apart data regions, each surrounded by surrounding regions. The data regions are made of a material capable of generating an output excited radiation, when interacting with a predetermined incident exciting radiation, while the surrounding regions are substantially optically transparent. The apparatus comprises an illumination unit, a light directing unit and a detector unit. The illumination unit produces a scanning beam of the incident radiation. The light directing unit projects the incident radiation onto a scan region located in an addressed plane inside the carrier and collects the output radiation. The light directing unit is capable of picking up a predetermined portion of the collected output radiation, so as to provide spatial separation of the output radiation components produced by the data regions located in the addressed plane and the output radiation components produced by the data regions located at any other location inside the carrier.
IPC 8 full level
G11B 7/00 (2006.01); G11B 7/004 (2006.01); G11B 7/005 (2006.01); G11B 7/09 (2006.01); G11B 7/135 (2006.01); G11B 7/1362 (2012.01); G11B 7/1381 (2012.01); G11B 7/24 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); G11B 7/005 (2013.01); G11B 7/1362 (2013.01); G11B 7/1381 (2013.01); G11B 7/24 (2013.01); G11B 2007/0013 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE GB NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9910881 A1 19990304; AU 8883898 A 19990316; DE 69834709 D1 20060706; DE 69834709 T2 20070920; EP 0934587 A1 19990811; EP 0934587 B1 20060531; EP 0934587 B9 20061206; JP 2001504974 A 20010410
DOCDB simple family (application)
IL 9800410 W 19980826; AU 8883898 A 19980826; DE 69834709 T 19980826; EP 98940535 A 19980826; JP 51414199 A 19980826